i guess that's brazil, right? >> yeah, it's brazil.re, but not in the whole city. >> how different is salvador from rio and sao paolo? >> man, salvador is the mother. you know? the music here, the attitude, this area is amazing. >> it is. >> amazing. eat, drink, history, memory, anything. >> pelourinho, pelo for short, was salvador during the portuguese colonial period. it's almost always a party, a series of parties, actually, but tonight is special. ♪ >> look at this smell, man. >> smells good. >> yes. >> oh, that's good. >> isn't that good? >> where to next? >> go to this area. >> yeah. >> i like to bring you today because coming here, people everywhere, this is a free party. you can dance, you can drink your beer everywhere. it's good to see the show inside. it's amazing. ♪ >> you'll try that. >> what is it? >> it's carameo, clover and a mix of honey and limon. >> alcohol? >> yes. >> alcohol of unknown origin dispensed from atop the head of a stranger? >> it's good. >> that's good? >> mama always said that was a good idea. ♪ i don'

i guess that's brazil, right? >> yeah, it's brazil., but not in the whole city. >> how different is salvador from rio and sao paolo? >> man, salvador is the mother. you know? the music here, the attitude, this area is amazing. >> it is. >> amazing. eat, drink, history, memory, anything. >> pelourinho, pelo for short, was salvador during the portuguese colonial period. it's almost always a party, a series of parties, actually, but tonight is special. ♪ >> look at this smell, man. >> smells good. >> yes. >> oh, that's good. >> isn't that good? >> where to next? >> go to this area. >> yeah. >> i like to bring you today because coming here, people everywhere, this is a free party. you can dance, you can drink your beer everywhere. it's good to see the show inside. it's amazing. ♪ >> you'll try that. >> what is it? >> it's carameo, clover and a mix of honey and limon. >> alcohol? >> yes. >> alcohol of unknown origin dispensed from atop the head of a stranger? >> it's good. >> that's good? >> mama always said that was a good idea. ♪ i don't

brazil is the world's seventh largest economy. nick rushworth has more. >> dilma rousseff has inherited a thriving economy in 2010. healthy economic growth has slumped to barely above zero. she is urging the brazilian left to keep the faith. >> more than anyone, i know that brazil needs growth again. the first steps are being made with an adjustment to our public accounts, and a higher economic threat -- >> the new team to spearhead the economy is led by -- he has a thumbs-up on the market. another priority, tackling corruption. company dilma rousseff ran at the time. the scandal and the poor economic performance sparked demonstrations during her first storm. >> brazilian people want more transparency and for us to fight harder against crime. they want justice to be applicable to everyone. >> her first term saw a decline in chinese demands for brazilian commodities. she faces an uphill battle to get result's -- brazil's economy once again. >> the star economist thomas piketty has declined the highest award, the legion of honor. he

that is not completely bad for brazil.xport is very much linked to rises in the income of people so their own domestic demand, food and other things. >> sure. >> we believe they are converging in a quite orderly way. >> what i'm interesting in knowing, though, is we hear or we see data that suggests the chinese economy is growing somewhere between a 6.5 percent and 7%. or they'll is exporting a whole lot of iron ore to china. are still is exporting a lot of soybeana -- brazil is exporting a lot of soybeans to china. from what you can see, the contacts you have with brazilian companies, do you feel that china is growing faster or maybe not quite that fast? >> for instance you take oil, china is doing a switch. they have been working on that for the last four years or five years, so the decline in imports of ore will be much faster than the overall economy. they are replacing the big investments with consumption so , i mean, you have to separate the speed of the two sectors. >> now, you were saying on ballots you think cheap

this was set up in brazil 40 years ago. >> it has a strong sense of yeast, no surprise.e bubbles are still developing. >> it has become the biggest sparkling wine produced here in brazil, 3 million bottles and 50 million euros each. champagne in brazil costs three times more. >> well, there was this country with a big population, a young dynamic country. the idea 40 years ago was to take the risk, and today we can see the risk was a success. >> the company made a few changes after finding brazilians tend to like more fizz. beer is why for the country's most popular alcoholic think, but bubbly has found a place in the market. >> we make very good sparkling wine. ranjit, not like your -- granted, not like your champagne, but not far off. >> the world cup helped the firm boost sales. it is setting its sights on repeating its success in the rest of south america. >>

. >> this rescue is in brazil.his poor unfortunate turtle is stuck on the beach not going anywhere. you can tell it's been trying to move using its flippers. it's not moving anywhere. >> it is very flat there. the tide when it goes out it would have shot out. i think he got caught out. >> fortunately, they cal national police. they came, brought this suv. they loaded up the turtle on to the back of the suv. they drove closer to the water and then they grabbed it. they ended up carrying it all the way back into the ocean. eventually releasing it. it looks like it did end up swimming away. >> do they need to call the military police to p turtle and put it back wate >> how many policemen does it take to move a turtle in brazil? and an suv? ♪ >> we're a few days past new year's eve, but videos are starting to pop up of those new year's eve disasters. you know the ones i'm talking about. the ones that involve fireworks. this first one from brazil. >> oh. >> oh! >> listen to the screams and cries. >> any injuries? >> yes

she knows that the nagging scandal along with brazil's economic woes will give her little time to showhat this time around, she has what it takes to fulfill her giant nation's potential. al jazeera. >> 56 years ago promised fairness for everyone. an end to racism and discrimination, but almost six decades on divisions still exist, and the black population bears the brunt of economic hardship. about 1 million african slaves were brought to the island at least some african ancestry. >> they are practicing our african religion. >> the official line written into the constitution, is for all cubans men and women black and white, are equal. and there's no doubt that many cubans have thrived in politics, the media and the arts. how, manual labor is mostly done by black cubans. or the new foreign finance enterprises the government has enticed to the islands. the campaigner century of discrimination have left her people with low self-essometime. she says though that she is optimistic about their future. >> it is a social process. i feel this is not just a black person fight i feel it's society'

. >>> and brazil's worst drought in decades. the environment minister sounds the alarm. >> at least 16 people are dead in ukraine after heavy shelling in the sport city of mariyopal. charles stratford is in donetsk with more. >> we're hearing more from the defense council in ukraine. blaming russia for the bloody crimes pointing a finger directly at vladimir putin. something that the rebels flatly deny. >> why is the port city of mariupol so important. >> it is a major port that the rebels always said that they need. there can be no dpr no donetsk people republic without this port. this has not been attacked by the rebels for a number of months now but it is important because it's a direct link from here and crimea. it is a port that is used for cargo. the attack comes at a significant time. the day after here, president poroshenko said he was not interested in truce talks rain moreany more, and it comes at a time after recent gains very recent gains by the rebels. we saw the withdraw of ukrainian forces from the airport in the

a new year and new challenges for brazil's president this morning. ♪ ♪ >> protestors are gathering...s an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. welcome back. you are watching the al jazeera news hour. egypt's highest court has order add retrial for three journalist whose have been jailed for more than a year. a date has not been set and it is not clear how long a retrial will take. mourners have layed flowers at the site where 36 people were killed in a spam pead. chinese police say they are still investigating what caused the crowd to panic. north korea's leader is proposing high level talks with the south. he made the offer during his traditional new years speec

economy in latin america, whatever happens to brazil matters.rx followed the election battle, and joins us for more. let's start out with the challenges president rouseff faces in his second term. collect the big challenge for her will be the economy. there has been a great deal of inflation. it is difficult for ordinary people in brazil to keep up with price increases without seeing higher wages. she will have to win over the support of a lot of people outside of her normal pace. it was a quite narrow victory she juan the election by, 3%. on top of that, there's a huge corruption scandal brewing with the state energy company petrobras. >> has she given any indication about how she will cut pension payments from the government, at the same time that inflation is rising? >> one challenge will be getting anything past congress. a lot of people in her party are embroiled in the petrobras scandal. she last some seats -- lost some seats. any bill to tries to pass will be a challenge. >> petrobras is the center of the scandal. it's relationship with t

getting ready to be sworn in for a second term in brazil.n appeals court in egypt has ordered a retrial for three access journalists who have been in jail for more than a year. mohammed fat me peter greste remain in custody. it's not clear when they will be back in court. al jazeera says the original trial was flawed and is demanding their immediate release. a report: >> reporter: they never saw a minute of freedom in 2014 and with the start of a new year they remain imprisoned. despite an appeal's court granting a retrial, they are still behind bars. the judge in thursday's session said it was not in his power to grant bail. >> we welcome the court's decision to accept the appeal of our journalists, but at the same time, we demand that they are immediately released. they are unjustly imprisoned. everything is politicized. their arrest and the verdict were politicized. >> the arrest from december 29th the, 2013, were initially assumed to be a short-term thing, a mix-up over accreditation accreditations. it became more clear that the egyptian

ambassador to brazil. ayalde is one of a handful of hispanic ambassadors. as a member of the hispanic employee council of foreign affairs agencies, or hecfaa, ayalde serves as a role model. >> anything i can do to help particularly young women, i'm move up in this year but also balancing our lives as women, as mothers, as wives and also being professionals. >> bonnie: hefcu is one of the affinity groups created to help support and attract minorities and attract them to the profession. targeted recruiting is a key element but ambassador linda thomas greenfield says the state department faces competition. corporations and other government agencies are also pursuing young, bright motivated and diverse talent. >> linda thomas greenfield: that was one of our huge, huge concerns. the fact that our diversity numbers have not gone significantly up despite very aggressive recruiting, programs that focus on getting more minorities interested. i came to the conclusion when i was director general that we had to start recruiting in eighth grade. >> bonnie: ambassador th

>> we think of brazil as a wet country. look at the satellite behind me - it's about 12-18 hours worth. it's full of clouds that grow. thunder storms producing rain and there's a line of clouds going through rio, which is what we were talking about. if i zoom in closer to brazil it's populated, which is a problem. if you do get the rain and there's a streak of white cloud here which is showers, it needs to go on for months and months soaking into the soil to do a lot of good. that is good news because the line goes through a heatwave. the reservoirs are scattered along the valley. you need to top up a river and the reservoirs. let's take the forecast ahead about three days. we'll run it for you at this resolution. it looks like a mess. the position is the important thing here. it pulses a bit, because it tends to be in daylight hours. it's this in general hour. in short, that's where the rain ought to be and has failed. it is back it's a little weak but is doing some good. >> thanks. >> greece's prime minister made a final

i love the way brazil handles its companies. whether it's valet. i like brazil.eel play. 90% of steel mined goes into steel. however, the slowest year over year growth since 1981. that growth slowing down is the big hit to the vla. stay away from here. it has lower to go. charles: one of the dark clouds over the entire economy has been the deflation in particular to commodity prices. i would cut my losses and move on to the next one. the next stock is the same sort of circumstance. you box yourself in. i'm not sure if this represents your entire portfolio, but i'm a little worried. look at that chart. once again, two stocks with the same drivers. they were driving them higher, that might be well. this is a classic example of being in the wrong place. i'm not sure again why or how you got stuck in both of these names at these levels. i personally would avoid it. i would bite the bullet on that one as well. matt: 15.3% dividend. i think that dividend cut is a big problem going forward. they cut defends, this stock gets crushed. >> that's an important point for inve

to china. -- tying brazil to china.slowed down they have to look somewhere else. some people say it is flailing to look for that engine of growth. >> it's important to know yesterday that joe biden was down there, senior leaders from countries like china and venezuela come all of them visiting. it's a country that a lot of people are looking for, whether it's in terms of commodities or their role in the world stage. >> this is what's so hard about that scandal, this oil that had been found off the brazilian coast was supposed to be a godsend for the whole country. now that has been mismanaged and it doesn't make sense economically. >> we are going to see that across the world. of these more technically complex projects, whether trying to extract oil from way under the seabed it's going to be very uneconomical. >> when are you heading back to brazil? >> i don't know. >> i got next. >> we are taking turns. we know brazil has some thing to do with one of your resolutions. we asked you all, what's your 2015 resolution? how

is cheering. >> good for this fellow. >> you can meet me at my house. >> this is another rescue in brazilthis poor unfortunate turtle is stuck on the beach not going anywhere. you can tell it's been trying to move using its flippers. it's not moving anywhere. >> it is very flat there. the tide when it goes out it would have shot out. >> fortunately, they called the national police. they came brought this suv. they loaded up the turtle on to the back of the suv. they drove closer to the water and then they grabbed it. they ended up carrying it all the way back into the ocean. eventually releasing it. it looks like it did end up swimming away. >> do they need to call the military police to pick up that turtle and put it back in the water? >> how many policemen does it take to move a turtle? >> we are going straight to the streets for this prank. they are posing as police officers. you notice a few things going on. you've got dennis with a bong in his hand and brian with smoke. the people don't know that. >> this old man is so mad how they park he thinks they are smoking dope and they are ge

brazil's worse drought in decades. the environment minister sounds the alarm over reserves in the south-east. we report from northern india on a bleak winter for people driven from their homes. in sport - a dominant side of african football facing an early knockout in the cup of nations. greece's prime minister made an appeal to voters. despite years of austerity, the country is throwing signs of recovery. it is up against a group that promised to restore dignatory to greece. sue turton joins us live. it's a fascinating election crucial to the economic direction of europe as a whole. how are people feeling there? >> people at the moment have a day of contemplation. the campaigning came to an end friday. the war of words continues. the prime minister samar as aim out to people saying he believes 14% of the electorate hasn't made up their finds. the opposition turned out at a lunch. and said they would win an outright majority. the main argument and debate is the austerity measures nowhere more so than in the town of nor

brazil - let's have a look at brazil - there we are, off copacabana beach, the fireworks launched from barges. and, finally, a bit of new york. >> from stage to screen oscar nominated actor ethan hawk >> the theatre has always bee my first love... >> separating art & politics >> if you have an agenda with people... you sometimes don't see the truth >> and the lifelong influence of his mother >> she was worried i was gonna be a spoiled brat and not see how complicated the world was >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> is a retrial ordered in the case of three al jazeera journalists jailed in egypt. ♪ >> in doha we have the latest. a stampede at a new year's celebration in shay hang on. at least 35 people are dead. north korea's leader says he is open with talks for north korea. getting ready to be sworn in

brazil is having to import electricity from argentineargentina.ritics say authorities didn't want to react fast enough because they didn't want to alarm people ahead of an election. they incest there is enough water in other reservoirs to avoid rationing for another six months. rob mathson, al jazeera. >>> indonesian crews will try to sunday to recover the fuselage after their first attempt on the satisfied failed. it managed to bring four more boys after the surface almost a month after the plane crashed. authorities say they are bringing in extra balloons which they will attach to the fuselage to raise it from the sea bed. >> scotland is this weekend celebrating robert burns. the scottish national party who's support continues to grow despite losing an independence refer endendum last year. a report from the dundee. >> burns night, a celebration of scotland's most famous poet and his homage immediately madeto from a sheep's stomach. never mind if outsiders find it hard to understand as this scottish national party burns supper they are more inte

this is a company getting its hands on portuguese assets owned by oi in brazil.ecom shareholders have said, yes, portugal telecom is allowed to be sold by oi to alticve. altice is getting its hands on portuguese assets today. that means there's more money to be spent in brazil. that's why telecom italia is moving higher. oi manages to get rid of its portuguese assets and has cashed a splash in the brazilian market. what can it buy? [indiscernible] i apologize for my pronunciation. it is a key player in brazil and it is owned by telecom italia. a lot of wheeling and dealing. brazilian m&a in telecom is helping telefonica. altice getting a boost as it gets its hands on some portuguese assets and telefonica cashing in on the u.k. back to you. >> ok, from telecom stocks to our top stories at bloomberg. saudi arabia's king abdullah has died. he was 90 and had been suffering from pneumonia. his half-brother salman will succeed him on the throne of the world's biggest oil exporter. oil prices jumped after the announcement of abdullah's death. china's manufacturing gauge

take this rider in sao paulo brazil. >> what? >> watch this again. car went over fine but the bike not so much. >> oh my gosh. >> the car stralded the giant pothol the bike went through it. >> the id because of heavy rains in brazil. they've had landslides floodings, traffic lights out. as you can see, when you see the bike lifted out of there, you can see how big that hole is and that hole is enormous. >> obviously it's gotten bigger. the weather would have kept making it bigger. you can fit a truck in there. >> i feel like the car barely made it over. the poor dude's bike look at it. >> the hole formed because of a water main break. and the waste management company says they are working to get that thing fixed. in have to or else they'll be fishing a lot of things out of the big hole. >> it's quite clearly a monday. >>> not the only one who had problems on wheels. check this video out. this guy, posted video from new york as you know new england, new jersey new york got a lot of snow this week. a lot of people posting videos this guy apparently sno

. >> china would be the biggest and brazil. >> brazil is the second they're about 18 and say 14 or 15 percent respectfully and the other 9 or 9 and a half. >> this is the place. >> thank you very much. >> any other questions or comments all in favor, say i. passes unanimously thank you could you call item 12 please. an action item review and approval for the san francisco ethics commission 456 policy statement. >> board members the investment statement was last reviewed by you in early 2012 we'll have significant changes changed third partied administrator and india a rose option and in consideration of those changes staff and angle he's reviewed the statement the changes are the significant items and, of course we take advantage to move things around and streamlined and made it easier to read anglely is here to answer any questions you have. >> any questions of staff seeing none i'll open up for public comment on item 12 seeing none i'll close. >> i move we adapt the past recommendation. >> any discussion to the motion. >> yes, sir. >> you have the changes for the item you've present

. >> brazil has warned that it's facing it's worst drought in years. >> the bed of brazil's river lies cracked and burned. water levels have plunged under searing temperatures. >> we're experiencing the worst water crisis in the history of the southwest since the recording of the water levels began. >> the reservoir in sao paolo also provides water to the north. rationing has not been introduced even though parts of the country has vital reserves left. >> the death volume, it's a strategic reserve. it won't be enough to get through the end of the year. it's absolutely urgent that measures are taken right now. they can't be postponed. >> people are now being charged if they use a lot of water or they're given discounts if they use left. agriculture industries are given water from the rivers. >> if we copt receive water the factory has to stop. our machines only work with a cold system and only with cold water. >> it's a water shortage for several days, and today there is no electricity. >> the drought means hydroelectric power plans means barely enough water to operate. critics say that

we have weak e merging market economies like russia and brazil.he united states treasury and the dollar remains an indispensable conduit of currency. >> is linked to what we feel here at home. host: you mentioned markets, indonesia, philippines, the president travel to go india. are you follow that closely? guest: yes. this is a great, you know emerging story. pardon the expression but, you know emerging markets had a pretty bad year last year when you consider them writ large, russia and brazil china's economy is decelerating. certainly, venzuela is on the hook. argentina is in trouble. greece has issues. but there are these secondary and tertiary things called frontier economies such as the philippines, such as indonesia, which are really kind of coming in to their own. in many cases, they were fiscal and monetary basket cases a decade ago. now, they have demography on their side. they have the united states low interest rate policy on their side. when you are keep rates this low for so long, every country seems to get the benefit of the doubt a

. >> the bed of brazil's river lice cracked and burned. water levels have plunged under searing temperatures. >> we're experiencing the worse water crisis in the history of the southwest since the recording of the water levels began. >> the reservoir of sao paolo sends water to the north. it won't be enough to get to the end of the year, so it's absolutely urgent that measures be taken right now. they can't be post postponed. >> in sao paolo people are now being charged if they use a lot of water or given discounts if they use less. >> if we don't receive a water truck, if we don't have water the factory has to stop. the system only works with cold water. >> there is water shortage and i went without electricity. >> the drought means hydroelectric power plants have barely enough water to operate. brazil is already having to import electricity from neighboring argentina. authorities said they did not want to alarm people ahead of a local election. the brazilian government insists there is enough water left in other reservoirs to avoid ratio

the india's and brazil's are doing that. they are not doing as well as we are in the global economy. guest: focusing on things like the miscellaneous tariff bill shows what has happened to our manufacturing economy over the last 15 years. we have lost over 50,000 manufacturing lance. they used do employ thousands of people and now they only in few -- employ a few hundred. many things are no longer produced here. we are dependent on imports. we have domestic manufacturers asking for special tariff productions. what we need to do is reverse this massive job destroying trade deficit we have allowed to build up in the united states. one of the big contributors has been these ill considered free-trade agreements. president obama when he was a candidate in 2008 said he would go back and reevaluate nafta there were problems with the deal that he thought we needed to do it differently. doing it different early -- differently largely means doing it the same. in asia, it's going to provide more protections for u.s. corporations and al

. >> this is probably the best bank of brazil.re seeing a currency recovery and brazil having bottom because a lot of this is priced in. >> kb homes, i'm still longing it. take a shot here. use 1233, the recent low, use that as your stop out. >> beakers. >> tlt had quite a reversal today. i actually sold the futures. tlt, i think you sell those. >> three day weekend. everybody have a good one. have a good time in tv land. gdx. >> still works. >> that does it for us but up next on option actions, we'll follow the momentum stocks lower. have a great three-day weekend. see you soon. stamps.com is the best. i don't have to leave my desk and get up and go to the post office anymore. [ male announcer ] with stamps.com you can print real u.s. postage for all your letters and packages. i have exactly the amount of postage i need, the instant i need it. can you print only stamps? no... first class. priority mail. certified. international. and the mail man picks it up. i don't leave the shop anymore. [ male announcer ] get a 4 week trial pl

security forces in brazil are getting ready for next year's summer games there. dozens of armed military police carried out a hostage situation drill at a rio de janeiro subway station. >>> and women are getting the green light to be part of an elite team. the test that could determine the future of american women in combat. trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com ♪ >>> good morning. we are live over an accident scene in skyforce 10. we are told a tractor-trailer crashed into the overpass you see there. we have a lot of activity with the tractor-trailer split open spilling debris it was carrying all over the highway. lanes are blocked northbound and southbound. more information coming up in traffics in minutes. >>> thank you for the update jillian. the u.s. is sending 400 troops to syria to train rebels in hope

brazil is already having to import electricity from neighboring a.g. critics say that authorities did not react fast enough because they did not want to interrupt the election. >> egypt's president al sisi said he would like to see the case of three al jazeera journalists resolved. they have been in prison in egypt for 390 days. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were falsely accused of colluding with the muslim brotherhood. al jazeera continues to demand their release. >>> boko haram fighters have killed 15 people in nigeria's northeast. it happened outside of maiduguri. an area that has seen repeated attacks since 2009. boko haram has been thought to are killed thousands of people in an effort to establish it's own state. >> in kinshasa, the proposed bill would allow the delay of the next election. >> one of the controversial planned changes to electoral laws but oppositionists are suspicion that president joseph kabila is trying to extend his rule beyond the constitutional limit of two terms. >> the government's subjective is a strategy

in fact, i was in brazil at cafe chatting and there was another american who brought up the fact i cannot believe we are always getting tossed under the bus so to speak and mistreated or misunderstood. and what this brazilian said was i am

brazil. but the point of it is they know what they need. they just can't get access. we haven't allowed them to get access because we've got all these financial prohibitions against spending money there using the dollar using a credit card, of trading. have to pay for it in dollars in advance before the product even leaves the united states. that's not done in any other trade negotiation in the world. the other thing that's shameful is that every other country in this hemisphere has diplomatic and trade relations with cuba. every one of them. i went with president obama to a summit and there wasn't a president of the caribbean islands or nations or latin american nations that didn't chastise the united states for having this archaic policy that wouldn't allow cuba to join the hemispheric unity. now that we will i think when he goes to this conference, next summit in panama, he'll be welcomed. because now we'll be able to unify this entire hemisphere. you may think it's a small island but the

. >> it was believed he had a chance to be married with the daughter of the emperor of brazil. >> heumably to lopez junior's expansionist ambitions, he dragged paraguay into triple alliance war. >> he challenged all three neighbors. >> brazil, argentina and uruguay -- >> to war. this doesn't seem like a good idea. >> yeah. >> in what would become the bloodiest war in latin america's history, hundreds of thousands of paraguayans died. when lopez ran out of adults, he sent children into the field dressed only in rags, armed with sticks painted to look like guns. >> my great grandfather was a 10-year-old boy, and he was dressed like a girl. because otherwise, he was going to be enrolled in the army. >> lopez was hunted down, but madam lynch survived? >> yes, she survived. >> with her money? she was allowed to keep her possessions? >> yes. >> in history, it's hard to find a more disastrous or more cruel or pointless campaign, it would seem. >> when all was said and done, as much as 60% of the population and 90% of the men of this country were dead. >> survivors were just like 50 or 40,00

in fact i was in brazil and i was at a little cafÉ a little restaurant chatting and practicing my portugueseat this point and i actually there was another american who brought up the fact that i can't believe we are always getting tossed under the bus so to speak mistreated or maybe misunderstood and what this personally and said, he is like i am tired of hearing americans think that people are mistreating them were look at them differently. he said i could think that's all in your mind. that's what he said to me. i found that very similar with other travelers that i met from all over the world is that no people are more interested in learning about us and though it's no you know amazing fact that i would meet people and all the different countries who would try many times to go to the lottery of getting a visa to come to our country. people want to come here. they don't want to push us away. >> host: in your travels did you ever have to call upon the good graces or potential and wants of your brother jonathan carl the white house correspondent for abc news? >> guest: there was one case. it

china russia iran mexico spain brazil and those countries in many cases have government operated entities. cuba buys rice. they generally buy rice from vietnam which are state run entities so why did they do that because vietnam gives them one, two and three years to pay for rice and when they go into default very many people know about it and they would refer -- or for that way. it's what they want us to do down there and what they can afford to have us do down there. it was amazing after president obama's remarks we saw the same after fidel castro stepped down that people were running to see if they could get on a plane and go down there. they have a long way to go but from our perspective, from united states perspective it's best to move slowly because focusing back on where we were in 1959 when it comes to cuba don't focus on anything five years back because that's basically what your reality is going to be. your reality is going to be changing yearly so looking way back to evaluate what may be in the future i don't think we should spend a lot of time doing that. more importantly is t

we have more. >> reporter: a new year a new term for brazil's leftist president ruseff. 2015 could be just as challenging. under russ fe the second largest economy is floundering just baring climbing out after technical recession as the year ended. a huge fiscal deficit, rising inflation, poor infrastructure and crippling taxes are to blame. ordinary brazilians say the people of south america's largest and most populous nation want results this time round. >> translator: everything needs to be combrooued not just public health care. transportation education. we want a better country for everyone. that's what i expect. >> reporter: they suggest even a few finance minister is not enough to boost confidence. >> translator: everyone is waiting to see what will be the reaction of the social movements once the government starts to make much-needed fiscal cuts this year. we don't know if the government can make sufficient economic changes to spark growth to offset cuts. the biggest challenge is to make the adjustments and maintain support through social programs. >> reporter: a support furth

brazil has carried out similar campaigns over the past three decades with great success. >> accordingo the ministry of health, 400,000 people in brazil are currently receiving aids treatment. >>> london didn't get a blizzard this week but hold -- it did get a visit from an eight-foot-tall polar bear. actually, if you can believe it this thing -- it isn't real but it's lifelike. it's been wondering the streets, strolling through parks. >> it took specialists eight weeks to build the animal. it's operated by two puppeteers who studied the movements of polar bears. why a giant bear? a promotional stun for a new tv show set in the arctic. >> and the stunt succeed. >> it t does. look at that. a good -- you can tell it's not real. >>> you're watching cnn, i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. we'll be back after this short break. shopping online is as easy as it gets. wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers, carpenters and even piano tuners were just as simple? thanks to angie's list now it is. we've made hiring anyone from a handyman to a dog walker as simple as a few clicks. buy thei

and they include india, brazil. some are going negative. you've got to pay the government if you want to lend them money which is scary when it comes to deflation. >> what about rates here in the united states? because the -- losing trade last year was rates were going to rise. i'm not sure that rates are going to rise as soon as everybody out there thinks they are. >> i mean, i've been in that camp for a number of months. i wrote a piece about why rates are not going up at all in 2015. why the fed won't move. i think to a certain extent the fed may want to move. >> whether they can or not. >> but there is deflation overseas. you look at what's happening everywhere else in the world. it's weakness, not strength. >> what about oil prices here in the united states? do you view them yet as deflationary? a lot of people say the trajectory is to the downside and they are starting to worry about deflation. >> to the extent it impacts employment. if we stay down here or go lower. you've also seen some cutting capital expenditure plans. that's been

he went down and listed what brazil fed their chicken, why they were buying chegens in brazil t. point of it is that they know what they need they just can't get access to it. we haven't allowed them to get access to it. we've had all these financial prohibitions against spending money there, of using the dollars, of using a credit cashed of trade, have to pay for nit dollars in advance before the product even leaves the united states. that's not done in any other trade negotiation in the world. and the other thing that's shaleful is that every other country in this hemisphere has diplomatic and trade relations with cuba. every one of them. i went with president obama to the last summit in carthenna there wasn't a profit caribbean islands or nations or latin-american nations that didn't chastise the united states for havinging this archaic policy that, i wouldn't allow cuba to joan the hemispheric unity. 2340u that we will i think he goes to this next summit in panama, he's going to be welcomed as a hero. now we will be able kwooun unify this entire hemisphere. you may think it's

and one of my new patients was a person from brazil who only spoke portuguese. and my wife had just come back a few months earlier from two years with project hope in brazil, and she was totally fluent in portuguese. so as i was talking to the patient, i wanted to tell the patient to go home, they had to go rest, they could not do activities, he was just recuperating. and i told him that i needed somebody to translate. and there was this new nurse who just came back from brazil, she can translate. so i told her that he needs to do a, b, c, d, and e. she spoke to him in portuguese and i found out later that he told her to tell the dock that there -- doc that there was no way that i was good to do that i am going to go to the copacabana, and she was horrified and she did not want to say that, so she turned to me and said he said fine, he is going to do that. i did not know, i believed her. and when i looked at her, she was a very attractive young nurse and i thought she was very interesting, i was single, so i went back to my office and a few days later, i told th

brazil's economic activity in november expected lee expanded -- unexpectedly expanded.razil edged out a procession, the country is excited to post growth of .2% the slowest since 2009. the united states is in committing changes tomorrow to loosen the five decade old embargo with cuba. it would include easing travel restrictions and allowing americans to bring home as much as $100 in cigars. the new rules will make it easier for people to travel to cuba. those who do get to cuba will be able to use credit cards and debit cards. that is your latin america report for this thursday. nothing says paris like the eiffel tower. huge structures include more towards him. could a new wave of skyline defining icons across the u.s. have the same effect? developers from coast to coast are betting the answer is yes. in miami, they plan to erect a 1000 foot tower that would feature three observation decks and a bungee jumping like experience. in new york, staten island is said to build the biggest errors will in the world. two examples of several new and proposed projects around the co

and there was this new nurse who just came back from brazil, she contrarily. so i told her that he needs to do a, b, c, d, and e. she spoke to him in portuguese, and i found out later that he told her to tell the dock that there -- doc that there was no way that i was good to do that i am going to go to the copacabana, and she was horrified and she did not want to say that, so she turned to me and she said fine, he is going to do that. i did not know, i believed her. and when i looked at her, she was a very attractive young nurse and i thought she was very interesting, i was single, so i went back to my office and a few days later, i told the head nurse, could you tell that nurse, miss grady to come to my office because i want to talk to her? she thought she was going to get fired because she thought i had found out that she had misled me about the patient, so she went to my office completely petrified that she was in trouble, and she sat there looking very nervous to rid i could not figure out why she was nervous. so i look to her and said, you know, i did no

why you have so many people in brazil more than any other country outside of nigeria's because of the manic energy of these u.s. slave traders in the 1830s and 1840s in particular that ascended upon africom manacled and handcuffed every african inside and drove them across the atlantic to brazil. now the short thesis of this book is that the rebels who formed the united states of america leading to the decoration of independence on july 4, 1776 that they rebelled against british rule because they felt and suspected that britain was moving towards the abolition of slavery which would have jeopardized the fortunes of the murderer's row of founding fathers including george washington, thomas jefferson patrick henry and madison. a footnote to come i'm sure you know that after the formation of united states of america that disproportion of the u.s. senators were slaveholders. the short thesis of this book is that june 1772 you had a case in london england which involved an effort to send and enslaved african man back to north america after he had escaped to freedom and the judge ruled whic